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N. S. MORSE. <%antcle # Sentinel mi'jy of thk .u*>u:Mßrß vm*. • It is too early to judge the policy of the fifttioual admiutitration. There is a strong disposition ou tbo part of some to spread dis trust of it throughout the Southern country Ybo military rule which exists in the several States so recently ergaged in war with the govern in ret, is regarded by some as tere shalowing the policy of the administration. But a miment’s reflection ought to satisfy ovary one that this is not a fair Interpretation of the spirit of the administration that baa just entered upon its uew and vast duties. The country has just emerged from tho m ist tre mendous convulsion tt at tho world his exhib ited from the earliest periods of its history 5 a convulsion which has not only involved the tranquility of the several States that undertook to organise anew government, hut that Hi eat enod to subvert the very foundations of the Republic throughout the whole exteutof ire widespread limits. Such a convulsion cannot subside instantly. It is only Divine power that can still the stormy »oa by a word, and restore perfect peace. There was One who jileod on tho deck of a small vessel dashed by wild waves of the sea of Oallilee, who •aid, ‘ ; Pta«o be stillj” and “Immediately tfiore was a gr«at calm.” The storms that sweep over the political worl l cannot bo stilled by human power so as to cause an immediate res toration of peaceful tranquility. Like the blllbws of the sea that lash the shore long after the stormy wind has ceased to blow, tho ptsiipns roused by groat political confute con" Slums td rent themselves after the stiuggle is ended. It is impossible for the Administration to acquaint lUolf with the state of popular senti ment throughout tho wide Held covered by the lute political struggle, at once. It feels it to be Iteduty io restore order; and to prevent the re twieuco of any commotion. To < licet this the military rule which wo see iu our midst is imposed on the people of tho States lately en gaged iu making war Upon tho govci: m n't.— This is of course a mere measure suited to tho exigency—and is not intended to endure be yond the time necessary for tho restoration of tho States to their former relations to the g®l - government When that is accomplished, *« shall ci joy otir former political piivi!eg:s Os com run tho modifications of ou r s. .and sys tem introduced since the commencement . f the war, must be accepted But in every thing •4m we shall l>e what wo were before lb'’ off •orrenee of that great event, citizens oi States) Miibodled by u Union resting upon the basis of the Constitution Let every one bear this iu mind. Wo are just now in a translation State—the jurisdiction of the civil autkority is not annihilated, t ut sus pended. *Vhert it shall once more bo restored, tbeu a generous, expansive patriotism, wide enough to embrace the whole country, will exhibit itself. So far as political animosities are •enoernod, they will ho extinguished. The North and the South will enter upon anew oarcer of prosperity, not indulging in iieice disputes over, conflicting systems of industry, but rivalling each other in the culture cl all the arts that contribute to a Iffgh liviiiaation; and supporting the geueral government with aa afu°r that has never before been displayed. “Kphvairfl *hall not envy Judah, nor Judah vex Ephraim/’ There is iu the* bf’art of tho great moss of the Southern people a true loyalty to tho govern ment. They kavo been taught by their lead er* to distrust it. To rogard it as exacting.— To look upon its legislation as guided by a self khuess that sought to buiid up one section at the expense of the other. Now they must ho brought to trust the government. To ho cdu oated to love it as their own government. We have already said that tho great mas* of the Southern poople are lo:<(» to the government of the United States. We are con fident of this. They mourn the disasters of their section, but they really rej >ice at the re storation of the Uuion. Gen. Lee comprehended tills sentiment when he said that the South bad never been half iu earuoet in carrying on tho war. Obviously then the true policy of the ad ministration is to treat the masses of the South ern people as fi lends. To win their confidence; to as-ure them of the good disposition of the government. The war is ended. It found an appropriate termination in that interview be tween General Grant and General Leo, which will go down to tho latest generatbns upon the pages of History ; an interview which illus tinted tho true spirit of the contending parties. The great representative of the Southern peo ple arrayed in bis richest unifim, erect, Ins trohlt face full of heroic pride—shaded by sor row, not by shame—rode up and tendered a swotd gUded by the light ot victories won for a a cause now ruined and hopeless. The illus trious leader of the triumphant armies of the said to him, “Gen. Leo, you are not <whip|w4,lbtit overpowerJft.” Grand spectacle. £j"H 560U.0 to grown the dose of a war waged Iwtwoeu kindred people—a war in which so valor was displayed on both sides. Wo trust that tho spirit which guided both in tuat memorable interview, will ani Hiato tka Administration at Washington Let us fool once more that we have a Cous vav and a Goybrsmust. MR. BVCUAMAX la THU FIELD. The Lancaster, Pa. Intelligencer says that Mr. Buchanan will coon give to the public a documentary history of tho latter part of his administration. The less truth that old broken down politi cal hack idt* about the latter part of his ad ministration, tho hotter for hhu. During the time referred to, ho directly aided and* assisted la a covort way, to tho extent of his ability, those who wore plotting schemes o l treason against tho United States {government. It is asserted, and never has been officially denied, that he permitted arms and ammunition to be aant to the Southern States, which did not legiti mately belong to them. Allowed troops to be withdrawn from important fortified pl c oes auf fort*. Placed men in command in certain ;ee tioßSwhemhe knew would surrender to the revolutionists without firing a gun. In short, did all he could covertly to break up the Union, // / • i r*.i il to 1-a’p there who had determined to do so’ j Tho late war, which has desolated our fair land, ar : il caused the death of hundreds of thousands of her brave sons ; which has filled our country wiiii widows and orphans ; which b:i3 mado the fairest portions of this conti nent desert wastes; which Ims caused some sc: lions to be nothing but vast cities of tie dead; which has thronged our streets with crippled and broken down men—ibis war which ca red all this, might have been pre vented ty James Buchanan, the “imbecile President” whose term expired March 4th, 1861. At the time our late troubles com menced, we knew something of the manage ment; of the affairs of the Uaited States, and a mere corrupt eosditiop of things never existed in this cr any ether government- t*e.q,t that of the late so railed Confederate Stales ; and the oply reason why tho corruption of the lat ter mentioned government exceeded that of Buchanan’s, was tea only from t;;o fact that it was composed of men who served in eom« capacity under ih.a rule of the old pub lic functionary spekmof > and who when they had formed anew concern, were without the wholesome restraint of the salutary laws of the United Btafes fuel tljc argus eyes of a watchful and vigilant press We here boldly assert wiiat has been charged before, sad that which has never been contro verted, th.at tb£ acts of James Buchanan in 03- sisfng _the schet46J of tiffi leaders of the late unsuccessful revolution, and the managumeut of public affairs which a' 1 jewed the revolution to bo billy inaugurated before his term of ser vice »spired, bra ds him as a traitor ; as a treason hatcher of tho most dangerous stamp. Again, we say, if he had but s’mply dene his duly the war never would have taken place.— Jf facte can only he brought to light, they will place him borer,* tho world ins, -verge position than that occupied by any man who has ap peared upen the stage since the first secession gua was fired —not cvefi excepting the assassin Booth. Judging from what wa were told of tbo way maiieis were conducted in Washington in the early [.ret- of 1860, under the eye and with Hie assent of the then President of the United States, if any one ought to bo tried by ids conu try men ter misdeeds and treasonable practices, it is James Buchanan, of Pennsylvania, the 00 •"upant of the presidential chair in the period referred to. Mltr-S OF PRESUME*. Wo «voro prevented oy circumstances from attending the meeting held ut 30 o’clock Sat urday morning, sfc the parade ground. A friend, however, has kindly Hurd cited ub wßh data upon which wo have ccmnilcd the sub - ■joined report of the proceedings. The an dier.ee, we ate informed, was immensely large, estimated at. five thousand persons, mainly freedmen o! this city and vicinity. A splen did military band was present to enliven tho occasion with most excellent music. The speakers ."tend was handsomely decorated, r.nd besides, the gt ntlemen who addressed the vast assemblage, was occupied by several military officers and by some citterns, amongst whom were the Mayor of the City and Bishop Pierce of the M El. Church. Dr. French, chaplain United States Army, .addes.sed the freedmen on their new relations to society and government, in tho course of width !:•' was freq xe'ntly interru pad by rounds of hearty applause, lie sought to impress them with the necessity of supporting themselves by honest industry and not by petty pilfering or by more flagrant violations of law. lie greatly prdorited that in all cases whore they were not treated with cruelty or manifest injustice, that they should remain with ilieir former masters. He begged ih*m for their own sakes no less than for the country’s welfare (but they should bo cheerful, contented, and do move work and better work for their employers as freedpami than they bad dona for mm iy as fdaves. lie urged their, still to respect and love their for mer masters who had provided for them in childhood and sickness, and under no circum stances to ; niter themselves to cherish malice or uiichariiableccss towards them or their families. He next spoke of their status- They were free cil'.z?; sos the United Stales, and no power on earth co«U debar them from the enjoyment of their freedom. Their political and social r'ghts as citiz ns of Georgia, however, were still undefined. They ought not to be in har.to to claim privileges of this kind until they were qualified for their proper exercise. Their business then next after a corntoitablc subsistence was their own self culture. They should strive to improve in .every manly vir tue and evn-y worn m'y excellence. He rebuked also their passion for finery and display in mat ters ot dioss and told liu-ra it would better suit their coadidon *•> expend th ur money in the purchase of a homestead. Ho addressed ilum also with much earnest ness on their besetting vices. Soma of these were incident t o their former servile condition, but cow that they were fared by tho Providence of God, they should lay aside those vices as they would put tis a filthy garment. The marriage relation especially wts to bo esteemed sacred amongst them. The adulterers and tho forni cators should be discountenanced as enemies to the peace and good order o> society. Mach other wholesome advice was given by Dr. French, which seemed to meet the hearty approbation of his large audience. At the conclusion of Dr. French’s address Capt. Bryant, the Superintendent of the Bu reau of Freedmeu, proceeded to address the meeting. This gentleman said that the war just closed had not'boon waged for the abolition of slave ry. But. said he, while inaa proposes God dis poses. Uprityury VP n,U human expectation tac . egeata nf tho contest had been so shaped by Divine ITfevkleSM shat slavery had been sab*.. Terted. -- • " “ You arc new free by the decision of the United St ales Government, but it is for you to demonstrate by your good .conduct, that you are not unworthy of iLe| boon conferred on you. . 1 concur in tha advlco given you by the ■c 1 rend gentleman who has just addressed you, that under ordinary circumstances you mould bo willing to enter into contracts for wayes with your late masters. And when tires a contracts are made, abide by them in good AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, 'JUNE 7, 1865. i faith. Don’t form habits of vagabondism, for this will not be permitted. And I wish to say further, that while you will be, shielded from : oppression and ir.juiyyou shall be punished for your evil deeds. We want peace and har mony Discord has reigned long enough ia sunny land. Go forth then in the spirit of freemen to perform your parts nobly in the Drama of Life. In Ibis way you shall shamo your enemies and justify the confidence of your friends both North and South. The foregoiag is a very imperfect outline of these addresses They contain however the substance of what w. 13 said, and we commend them to the consideration of the planters. We omitted to state that the meeting was opened with prayer by Rev. Robert Drayton (colored) and after singing the doxology wa closed with ike benediction by Bishop Pierce. ot’n. rt i.oBKO pyFt’L. v* 10s. We suppose it is sufficiently understood that slavery, or involuntary servitude, except ter j crime, no longer within tbu- geographical limits-Of Georgia. Whether this radical and far-reaching revolution iu the labor system and Social, policy of the South shall boa curse or a blessing, depends maternity pn the spirit ia which it is accepted by former slaveholders, and tho relations that public sentiment may establish between tlic two races whose destiny i> henceforth conjoined for weal or woe. This is not an hour when the counsels oi rashness &»d inexperience should influence the conduct of cpr people, 'fqo long have the residents of the South worn the calling chains of party ism ; too long have they been the dupes of scurvy tricksters, who, by their past blundeis have realised the fable of Flue ton who madly aspired to guide the chariot of the sun. African slavery was introduced into the col. ony of Georgia contrary to tbo express provis ions of its original charter, trad despite the protests ot many of its earliest apd wisest inhabitants. Having been introduced, howev er, it has from email beginnings increased du ling the lapse Os a single century until it has moulded our institutions into their existing forms, and has muffe no abiding impression on tho features of our civilte ition. Indeed, it constitutes an ai iie’e of our nursery faith. It is intimately associated with tho most cherish ed resniyiaceuces of childhood and youth ; anu it is these prejudicics that indqeo sumo to cling to it. notwithstanding its admitted abuses and its obvious disadvantages. As an economical arrangement, it has proved a failure. Geor gia, in consequence, of the enterprise of her population, i* iu the front rank of slayo States in all that constitutes national prosperity, but we verily believe that with hrr ad vantages of soil and climate, she ought to Lave been abreast off AIV J «■» I■» I f i I-J te> , j t/1) jt/J yjp Illinois. The difference in this respect between the Northern and Southern State?, strikes eve ry intelligent, tourist from England and Franco. PdTocqutville, more than twenty-five years ago observed that the transition Iroin a slave to a tree state in America was like the passage from a Catholic to a Protestant canton in Switzerland. There was immediately the evi dences of greater thrift and the appearance ot a more abounding prosperity. It is well for our people to weigh these con siderations, now that by a specks of providen tial dispensation the institution ot ‘slavery has been overthrown. Such reflections will be pleasant and more profitable, likewise, than the ianklings of mortified pride, or the repin ingsof mere selfishness. Asa consequence o this vast social change, we have in tho State of Georgia, nearly a half million of landless and houseless citizens. That they have been iu for mer years obedient and trusty servants, none can deny ; and there are few. we trust, among our white population that do cot feel a becoming interest in their future welfare. Let us then, heartily unite loan earnest effort to assist thorn both in the acquisition of knowledge and tho accumulation of wealth. Let us dismiss from our minds at once ituff forever, the idea that there is any real’ contrariety of interests‘be tween the planter who owns the .soil and the freedman who cultivates that soil for wages.— They have a mutual interest in the preserva tion of social harmony, and the individual who would teach differently, is an enemy to public order. With these convictions, wc proceed to set forth some views, as to the policy which should at once be established, with refer ence to our colored people. We should as far as possible furnish them employment at fair wages. Let, us avoid the error of the West India planters, who from resentment or sheer willfulness refused to employ their former slaves at reasonable prices. Asa consequence the freedinan took to tbe bush, the plantations were abandoned and the export trade cf tho Island largely reduced. Moreover, it is obtain that we require ai! tlio productive labor of tho South to prevent suffering and starvation. Every acre of land should be titled. Every head of beef cattle or hogs should bo looked alter. Tktse prepositions are so manifestly true that we shall be readily excused from | their elaboration. In addition to the class of laborers amongst them, there is a class also cf boys and girls that should have the opportunity of acquiring the rudiments of knowledge. In come Southern cities the authorities have al. ready established free schools for their benefit under the control of competent s uperinten dents. We know but little of the practica workings ot this system, and are not prepared to say whether it should be inaugurated gen erally. But wo are prepared to affirm that some plan for the education of the colored people is imperatively demanded by every con sideration of duty and interest. Ignorance and idleness are the sources of crime and pauper ism, and we are sure as a people to suffer te» - - -T-ibly from both these evils, if from a Blind prej udice we Sisregar4 the'dickies of philan tiirqp'y . raid the suggestions of enlightened statesmanship, While wa rely upon these agencies to which we have just referred for the elevation of the colored people, we cannot emit the mentioning of another far more po tent and permanent in its influences. We al lude to religious agencies. We have seen its effect on other races who were low in the scale of civilization. Ihe Col liers of Newcastle, and the Miners of Corn wall, are remarkable instance* of tho benefits which tho Gospel confers. And then if we direct our attention taißtrinah and the South Sea Islands, wo are fcverwhelmed with the conviction that Christianity is tho mightiest engine for the elevation of mankind. To this influence cur former slaves have been indebted for all that makes them to and iffer from the stu pid savage who vegetates in sloth and filth on the banks of the Senegal or the GaboCn, They ought, then, to have the full benefit of Gospel ordinances and under guidance of judicious white minis to 3, and of such col ored clergymen as some that wo might sped ty in this city, they will improve iu all" the qualities of refined humanity. These things are the work of years, but the movement shbu’d now be instituted. In this way we cherish the hope that while the ma jority of freedmen must from the force .of cir cumstances. continue to be Iho hod carriers and burden bearers of udety—that many oth ers of them will attain to respectability and usefulness beyond our own present- expecta tion. ’iil'iUK HB'StJUvr. osfg. We understand that the military guard was removed from all the cotton warehouses in this city on Sunday. This, in our opinion, iffiows that aU restrictions* upon trade arp removed ;:!Vpt tho§e imposed by jho rules regula tions oi tfie Treasury Department. Qur citU K'ins can now ao as they please with, their own as long os they obey the orders Uui*i department referred to. We will here, however, take occasion to give a tew words of warning and caution. There is still in this city and vicinity a large amount of cotton and other properly which belongs to the United States Govcrnmcnt. The authori ties already have much information in regard to the matter, and are daily collecting more] This property is the property of the United States, and as we have before stated, the offi cials of the Government will take possession of it when they get ready so to do—no matter ia • whose bands it may be found at tho time. Thero is also another species of property in cur midst which the holder, no inattqr where he is, will bo compelled to give up, when it is demanded. There will undoubtedly be some properly cenfircated. And the holders of con fiscated property—no matter if it has passed through a dozen bauds—will have to deliver it over when requested. The authorities know full well who owns all tbo cation iu the ware houses of this and other States. They will al so know when it. changes hands, where it goes to. It is their duty to - keep thus informed. No one need, therefore, think that he is going to cheat or swindle the Government out of any th!ng, for ia the and they will find themselves mistaken. Wa speak of this subject i t order that our ....... x, , . ... 0 their acts accordingly. We speak of if, in order also that all may ho curetul when mnking their purchases The authorities are vatcMul and vigilant, and nothing wrong can escape their observation. It is very likely soino parlies who hold prop erty which has a Government taint or smell of confiscation about it, may think we are med dling with affairs wo have no right to. Bus as a journalist, in our opinion -it is our duty to tell the people what we deem best for them to do. We have done so thus far in our newspapor career without tear or favor, and shall contin ue so to do. A Deserved ■Compi.imkx’P —A correspondent of the Savannah Herald, writing from this city, pays Gen. Mo’.ineux, the commander of this post, the annexed compliment: General Mo'ineux still commands the city, and his measures are not complained ru by any reasonable people, lie has been brevetted for gallantry in the. field, and now is winning much praise for Iris ability in civil capa city. The praise given by the Herald’s writer is well merited and justly deserved. As yet, we have heard no complaint in regard to Gen. Molineux’s exercise of authority. He ha3 issued,, no orders except tho?a which arc absolutely necessary, and those which the health and welfare of the citizens call for. His con duct towards those under his command, has been without exception kind and courteous, and he regoj ts to no harsh measures unless com pelled to in order that bis rules ard regulations may bo obeyed and carried out. Although his stay has been but a short time among us, yet he has by his conciliatory policy already made a host of firm and warm friends in our midst. The city of Augusts was never more quiet and orderly than at present. Law breakers have become good citizens, well knowing if they were otherwise they would be promptly arrest ed and punished. Bit little, if any disorderly conduct is no w soeu on our streets, and store robberies are of r rj ocmrrnuco. As long as It is deemed necessary to keep Augusta and vicinity uad’-r a military law ,-we hope we shall have the pleasure of remaining under the just and eq lit dale rule of Gen. MMi neux, Gold sent to Europe —A Richmond cor r rpondent of the i’hila lelphia Inquirer picked up some documents in tho Custom House at B'climoiid, that show that J-off. Davis sent large sums cf gold to Europe, professedly for the secret service fund. Oa April 25th, 18G4, he made a requisition on the Secretary of the Treasury for $1,000,000, payable out of the appropriation for '‘secret service,’ 7 for which £200,185 yn exchange on England was asked. On April 14, two bills of exchange on Eng land wore requested, each for £SOO. On April 27,13,242 in gold was asked for under tho ap propriation for “necessities and exigencies.” Besides this there v/a3 several millions of gold sent to Europe at ihe beginning of the war. Also an immense amount cf cotton was sent daring ihe last two years, which was sold and the proceeds placed to account of some one— who . that someone was, poor sic sera on this sido of the Atlantic were not permitted to know. It is, however, the opinion of many, and from what we know we think it a well founded opin ion, that if certain parties had succeeded in get tiDg to Europe, and if certain parties not yet in “durance vile” succeed in getting to Europe —they would nor will not be obliged to live by the sweat of their own brow, but will dress in purple and fine linen and fare eumptously every day upon money they have surreptitious ly obtained from this blood drenched land, which they have filled with mourning widows and fatherless children. Mexican- EmußAirax.—The. French organ in New York makes a great dea of fur-s* bout the proposed emigration of cur soldiere to Mexi co. But it U difibuh to rev wb.-.t <vr govern* moot has to do with it, since Amove > 55 ;, :l ■■, the righ*’ to emigrate when and whore they like. It is sliii more cPfil rdt t > see Few France can object to it, until! seek little matters as the refitting and recruiting of privateers ia French port? for aseeiuo with wlrch tho Uni ted States wa- at war, v_• . v (l |. ; : j . ay - i The fact is, MaximiUi-m and hi? friends r; v troubled in spirit about Ore clou! which has already commenced ovc.tehaJo.virg then future prospects. Well may they m.xicus !y v,o.cb as it overshadows the horizon. Tho days of tire e rpi;e in M xteo arc in hered. The free instiTutions 0" o-n c ;;ctre will not pannit tho irtlro-.hmuon of u r >, i scion of European blood on tliig con Uncut.. North America is. destined to be on - g : -> : p Republic, stretching fima tire kv ,ilii ;t, -fforth, to tho sunny c:hires of lire iffbm o Q the South. Freedom cred free tererte lofis v ill have full sad undividc! swur ova- tiffs vast ox taut of to®Rory, rest; :g rerlively uador the folds oi one national ti.ig, and tn Ire lire pro tection of cuo Govi nnent. Bkit'sl} b fipxDUNn-j, -lloceaGyß fine steam or, owned chiefly iu Portland, He-, ar.d run niuir bfitw«2' a Portland and ft. John, was burned at a wharf in that British port, noth ing being saved from tho viusei, not even tho lives of all the craw. The United States Con sul at St John telegfaiihed to the revea ;e cut ter at Eastport to como to the assistance of those of the crew who were saved, v they w ere left in a foreign part withtete rose areas. The cutter went promptly on this errand c-f re -rcy and duty ; and after her arrival the Lieutenant Governor of new Brunswick imperiously and offensively ordered hor off iu twenty-four hours, and she was compelled to depart, leav ing all tho -rescued men oPthe crow behind but three men, who were fortunate enough to know the facia and go on board in time. Mr. John Bull must teach hia cffliiffs better manners than the ore at. Now i ruri-w-uk has exhibited, or England -vlil fluff Lera-jif ed in hostilities with a nation which ?;),! pun ish hc-r severely. The United States k now in a condition to compel all nations to treat her and her citizens with ti.s rerpcct dno, and , he will do bo. No outrage ordimiU wi-i hereafter be allowed to be offered to an American ciUzen without being promptly punished. Tfliß Tb A.NB- Mississiiti D £ PARTS! i£ x t ,—A let ter writer to the New York Herald from Caro lina says that when Mr. Davie reach.hi' Lex ington ho sent two despatches, in cipher, to Winnshoro, S. C. It is reported tb.it one. of Tftfcj luvn/Uv.; LH H 0 g'.-l tv A. •V - by Smith, ordering him net to surrender' The other related to arrangements- for the es cape of Davis and party from the coast-of if. ri da. Mr. Da via said that if Kirby Smith would hold out they c; uid c ;r:y on the war for l.v eng time yetj that he would be reinforced by most of the officers and men who eceipeJ u-. paroled from Lee’s and Johnston’s armies; that they could form an alliance offensive and dMensive with Maximilian, and, peril ip-, besides sus taining themselves in Lexus, he able to soon rollback tho tide of war to this side of the Mississippi again and the lures of Virginia. Davis spoke as though he was confident of reaching Ivirby Smiths' headquarters in a short time. A dispatch from New Orleans intimates that Smith received the message intended for him. He has published a frantic a- peal denouncing, the surrender of Lee and his troops in the strongest terms. He exhorts Lis soldiers to stand by their colors In this horse of adversity, and says the fate of the nation depends on them; that their resources are ample to pro. tract the struggle till foreign ai l arrives, or at least till they can secure for themselves the terms due a proud people. We regret to see tlsat this po-Diou is taken’ by Gen. Smith. It is madness on Ids part He seems to have learned nolhjng from the ex perience of the past. Unless he takes another position soon, however, he will be taught a lesson he will never forget. Ho and the troops who remain under him, bidding defiance so the government, „wiU be declared outlaw:',- and will be wiped out of existence by the arm : vs -a the Union rs easi y and readily as f-m flubbed sum is wiped eft' the blackboard. Wrong.—We notice some of our cxcfe are esdeavoring to inculcate the fallacious idea into tiio minds cf Heir readers Ibafc “: r three fourths of tho States do not adopt the consti tutional amendment enacted‘by the Federal Congress, that, slavery v ill continue to ext v’ This ia all wrong. Tho idea is a wrong ae, and it is decidedly wror / to end- r,v r to induce the community to build their Lopes 02 n Tn.li bation of cand. There ia one thing which is rt Sr: and fact, re pugr.ant and disagreeable as it mly be .to many of our people. It is this. Sis,vary I- an institution which has ceased to exist. 1: 13 an institution wlrch was killed by its professed friends. This being the c-.a-v it will he,far better for us to shape our course ia acc rnlaoce with things as they arc,' than to endeavor to stem the current and be overwhelmed with the mighty rushing torrent of public opinion. Slavery is numbered among the things that were. This should bo kept constantly in view by U3 in ail our transactions and in every ar rangement we make. By remembering the fact, and not allowing ourselves to b and : !u-b and by any false hopes or to be- drived or misled by any false lights, we will ia the cad be much better off. Reader, when you seo a newspaper editor, or a pot house [ oliticiaa trying to prove correct what common sense teach s you is not so, follow him not. Remember that by so doing you would simply be illustrating the parable of the “blind leading the blind”— both of you will stumble and fall together. Our late biffer experience ought to teach ua a lesson never to be forgotten. —asilSh- The rental of the Unitarian Church c t San Francisco, for the present year, is $70,000. This beats Beecher $20,000. ‘ Some papers assert that B oth was burled under the prison wails in Washington, others state that his body was taken at dead of night, and thrown into the channel of the Potomac. The released prisoners from And -rsonvilie, Georgia, state that in and around .the prison pen at that place there are the grave s cl over nineteen thousand national soldiers, VOL. LXXIY.—- NEW SERIES vOI. . . Trrnrs .v.\n tku Book.—Major General Wil son having been informed that there is a large number es poor iu Georgia sufrerlnj for .went of nrovieions, has orr’evcd in hie district, that sudi supplies of bacon and breadatufis as have In ca gathered in tho tithe depots and else where by the Confederate i’States authoiiiies, on tho lures of R e.road, .and not necessary for U;e use of tun Union forces, bo turned o; . by the persons now responsible far them. Cal. Ira U. Foster, Q re.iterinaster-Gehcral of the State, upon bis order. It is understood that these H'lOvok will be disposed of only for the benefit ot the interested. We hope to hear of no more raids, by soldiers or citizens, 011 any oi these depots. A number have, wo regret to t <y, alrdudy damned at various points in the h'.ato; apii tn evc.y iostauoe there w ;, .s not only a largo proportion of ike property de stroyed, but ia many cases a groat q reality of property was seeuvi and by parties who v/010 by no means iu a deaiituta cond'dion. Tho whole of those proceedings d:ava been dfegrace/nl,and the acta of well to-do cormevantspeculiarly so. If the intentions of General Wilson arc carried out, much of the suffering now ondured by pooy widows and orphans of.deceased- soldiers will be relieved. A Suggestion.— The speeches of Dr. French ar.d Capt. Bryant have already had a good effect upon the colored population of Augusta and vicinity. Wo presumo addresses from these gentlemen would operate well upon the minds of colored people in other sections. If residents of trey of cur largo towns in tbo in torior desire to have a visit from them, they ntust make preparation for assembling the people ia tho neighborhood, an 1 get together as largo an audic-nea as possible. The time of those gentlemen is mostly occupied with lister already onerous duties, Still they are willing to go any where where they think good can be accomplished by eo doing. — Timei.t.—Wo learn that a large portion of the State has been refreshed by a rain similar to that experienced in this section. This b!es s’ng was much needed, and came opportune ly. The planter can now work with a fair prospect oi being liberally rewarded, and our condition as a people certainly calls for the employment of every eiucw of industry. Tho people are promised protection in the prosecu tion of their industrial pursuits, and should abate no (Hurt to add to their supplies. Pros perity will follow a zealous application of all the means that can be employed ; of this all may rest assured. Gen RosencuanS on the Mexican Scheme Moj or Gen. Rosencraus visited the Massachu setts House of Representatives, May 11, and speech: I perceived In targe letters ia the newspapers to-day that General Eosecrans is gojpg to raise twenty-five thousand men to go to Mexico. ‘General Roaccrans is r.ct going to do cay such thing. General Rosecrans thinks that the soldiers who have fought this great battle for freedom have done it with more patriotic motives than hav» over been seen before—and I do not think that cur young men, who hayo distinguished themselves in the annals. of all time, will permit themselves to lb® misled, or should be misled from tkoir high and honor able course, into any buccaneering expeditions. The General further said he hoped to see pub lic opinion diresting our young men into the channels ot peaceful industry, in which he proposed to set an example. 1 have taken oc casion to make these rema’-ks because I b w, when in Washington, men willing *o tdari. something or other— men whose advancement hitherto has not been sufficient io gratify their ambition. But if you examine the names of those mentioned ia the advertisements you will find that.they are third late fellows, who are not worth a snap, and that one common soldier is worth a dozen ot them. At the close of tho speech three rousing cheers were given for General. Roseorang, and three for the Army of the Cumberland. FOHKFUN I J'fitfS. Public meetings in regard to tho Weshington tragedy still continue to be held in England and orr the coiitir.ent. Ia the House of Lords complaint has been made because Canada would not pay (he ex panses of her defences. The health of Lord Palmerston is improving. Miss Constance Kent had been form era l l y brought before the magistrates at Trowbridge, charged, upon her own confession, with the murder of her own infant half brother at Road in 1860 kho was fully committed for trial at. thp A: g z- s libras elicited in the evidence of 01:0 'the witnesses that Miss Kent had confessed (hat she took the child bora his cot while shaping, carried him cat of the heme by the drawing room v 'ndow., and murdered him with a razor in the watcx-Closet. She is also stated to hove said that she did not kill the child because see did iked it, but from a feeling of revenge against iter step-mother. The Emperor Napoleon had arrived in Al giers. ' • Tho French assembly has called out one hundred thousand men as the contingent for 1866 The specie on hand in the bank of Franco is 9,000,000 francs. Religious matters ere still ia an unsettled state at R un o . The King of B dgmm is still in ba 1 fesafth According to sta sties in the Trieste Gazette the number of Circiesian children of Onnstun parents annually exported from Constantinople and other Turkish ?orts to the Egyptian port of Alexandria acres üb; to more than 10,000. Ti e boys are sold to their Egyptian masters, at from LOGO to 4 .'OO piastres each; the girls at from 10,000 to 1-7000 piastres apiece. The 1 cade is carried onopemy under the eyes or the Turkish Government,' which dees' not move a fleger to uppress it. . The biil to re-organize the military in Prus sia has been defer tad. ; he latest rvta:l;eU. I,IV EH PC OL CTfON MAE PET JI AT 6. T>.(, •aa-bst her been rather flat and irregu lar to day. Act'dean and Egyptian are gene rally about .VI. l.Jow the cflivl ! quotations of restevday. rialb of the day, 6,000 bales, in - eluding 1,500 so; -’sports and speculation. I,OXT;OSONKV MAPKLT— MAV G Consols cdcM- at 90$ *9O 5 87 steady; United States 5 20s. L.teGi: Illinois Central 75$a7oij; Erie shares, 50 7.505 • . The Weekly return of. tbs Bank show ad' ersMwe of £7l [2l sterling in the bullion, and £648,785 in tj e reserve of notes. mnn tttt- President Liboson, in granting respite to the Indiana cnnHLiirators, said he was on*y carry ing out a purpose of Mr. Lincoln, and it must hot be take u as precedent. Gen. F, Blair is urged fora place in the Cabinet, while bis brother M#(gomery is also urged for the War Department. Northern papers state that Forrest at the bat lie of f-fe'ma inhumanly butchered twfehce Federal eflicers and sold : ej*b after they had surronde cd. A It is reported tint a grand expedition is be ing org .uijiod to go to Texas. h' w » *' 7 ! m Navy D- ’ so the C:""- :M>' : 5 ■ block.-.. M u..r v , - - can r -- sp vM.d . -•.) men whose Lvovs ,i 1 - . .yl or will era he v. b - . : : . Soiuojcf our soldi rad: ’ , a \ o? Wilmington ft are D havo already i- on i.l.ea ... reis of tu‘ p " r icc at;.", a ; and superiority .- ,-.v •>. ’ • vnnia oil v/v'.' h that ti -p: .-- e in barrels al’Vidy fa * pou?e neceaovry m \vo:l of labor in Tolling : explorations are being n:: . Gov. Ob-'.vke, of M '• V ] address to the -a ; b lor snare. < ■ .. sissippl 11 iv... w: a. i --tv.' s j (1 v i«.\; Hif’ri.', -• f All ofirSCiy, and pars . :•. e- ' . * , . lid stores. v,ill bn hob; ; a !-. r.-;. ,- j embezzlers n::. fed. The cotton In I n r-h- • y ; Govern moot, f-1 1 of Ik. ■ ... .- Alabama, and V. c.- t 1 h>; kin, i-. ..... 1 rendered to the lb : _ ■ bus been pve’db'.te and-• o- - ■ ■ -. ; .qj 0 -.- tion by order oi (ft ;.1 (I, , The Cincinnati G w-■p: - >p' ; . f--. „ ns in various, part <. : •y -. r K .. pressing serious doul-is :v; t oi getting corn anti 'v ; ‘ . < season. Tho heavy rales Lav k; -•( work bank and to a largo eeL : • ••y.t ... ( ' .", yet prepared for the ::■ . Persons at Memphis rriNv'ng ever the and , of President -Lincoln, have l:’:u cullc . one 3 ear’s lewd i-vb.-j r. Joshua F. Kniiit, cue cf tiro Ju ' Supreme Court of Kentucky, 4 ...; . .... commission. Colonel Rtett of Suttlh Car-.’scw, f..r c - * time iii command id F-nf took the oat’u of alleaahoa id Fc r !)• I A few days ago tJ. . chk- • Fla., olccted ilr. Mottos Eayor ot ti Tho election w; • pari »pa! and i 1 : and blacks. Chief, C use, dur! recent tour in.Fiorida, fcrra.aPy p. rfarr duty of sweaiing the Mu.: or .Lite - hi The Washington, c n ■or I .< f.t '' • York Times, w . %, ; ; cd, declares w, ■; .-. . y; tbatlherepod;: 1: • y that Gen. Hanks os' comma ,, .d of the Dep: v; • utterly salsa. Gov. I’i -rpor tof V-f- ■an. V- ' ■ ■ moved to Richmond r.: ~ the State Gapital and Gen Sheridan ftnub.- - portsnt connitand in !- The ball lately [rleeh ky y in San Fr .‘.nciaco, was a r-k. and r;l. •• costumes oi eome of f.ho - . ingly llch. aud would 10... ■ i court."‘Mid. Paeon, (;•: -. y ■■ nearly one hundred tha::- jewels. Mrs-, i) cnslj'j of San .1 . , resplendent with j French Consul, Mm. Dewey, appeared in -!• y _ Major General Howard ’ . - the head of the frecdm -.a: L.a General Hamilton, Map • ( Texas-, has gone to \Yi The Herald’s Wash n(-fo i c y says that the Cabinet L-a atlon too qn ' ■ t’. a; of j ■ understood ILL tb : a.- ty of opini n on £ coimection with tb:: far ] ’ ; ton is uncleretood to - ... aava -- ; : the President and hokm* |- • 4 - regard to the prs -er < ;u restoring the rubeiiioas -'‘a -- ; In the Union. He: and perhaps two oi the Cub.-.. era Bide with the Freaid.-.-f. ’• Guftfrng.j is t; tho way of harmony, 1, ti . hove that Lie Preslder.- : (be responsibility of *L .. the colored ciiiz-ns ir ;;1 ■ ty of asoor'taining tho 0: >. upon tho subject. A Washln 'ton dienet '• ‘ 1 '; u: , thiitu-MK ' .L districts for >-;e RUO hsT'* be >n C ';l j;f Carolina, Term-• - v :-.i Mississippi. l.fevcn'rif. f ted, and (he eoT c*i< x . , r , late Confederate dim :TR;' 1 ,;2 " r mencnl. It has beni ,- offices of assessor,". :m-l * . ' - insurrectionary dt-tr cth .:•> *7v~ o as far as possible. Jeff. Davis is nt Fortro /-fijy;-- r•: v A. H. Stephens, been sent to Fcvt Dele va, C* .... several other piornli-;wt office id ren. On the 17th of "Ffioxizvty la; f, . F iairoGmx and :* joint resFolu. jon. i.-gA *■ i . the United States, wfe and,• by that body, was ah:- rv y-p rfe * on the 3d of LJarch, :: ■! v.-: became a law, declad . , * A ,t or loan is eirnpT? an agency C ;• which the U Olrcumskuccs, re. ... way.” ' Two men w;-ro sboi, ••>•■? ' openly cxnl.iog orr lie a; - :■ Lincoln. Iscn. H. T f ;i3. 8. V- ” r . Cobb, left Atlanta Frid:;-/, '• , ; way of Daltcu. President Lincoln, !•>!>.-<•, • - y* 5 >»•. ton on his I .t. v. for an extra ses.r ? ':E! - • • signed by both.himself auf he: . to lie Issued in ca Tim document is on x Gen. Wallace, the Baltimore, has is u- • -• . 1 Attorney GtiUv-ro! Bpc-. f’v . all rc’oei efilctua; :Joh :• >: ■ er they had L-:; • = or not, from here J-* alsorequirirg tb..: . already come V,*.v arrested and held for ..- Unresvvictcd trade }•. . • n , Tennessee, except la _ * war. * * TJie work of ;• sir >’ • - storing (he country to i ; 1 rapid! v pushed for.-'- ; ~ has directed volunteer cavrFrjmc * . - .... departments whose of c. ptior to Patcbc-r next, ' An order ba3 been 3%ue<i 6 partmeht for the hnr edfr. imprisoned of colonel, v.bo, yr-aj . oath of a’icgiarco t'- tv ... are still willing to do : . A steamer vhteh rah; : ;..■-■■■ more was captu'erl by s -rov i board .v; •; • . ' . . The American C-.'- :\] • ■ a, British authorities fey i r ; . . eel; bat this was rn • the pirates wc-re order. • % : twenty-four hours, to-y ;,.l r : . • mained up to th° Fto supposed to bo he cl - . 2. 'r- ' capture a It. v v* t abandon tbo latter, and tv : xc- .: a : c • . piratical cruise;